DJ disk

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Luis Quintanilla (born October 7, 1970 ), better known as DJ Disk , is a DJ from San Francisco with Central and South American roots. Quintanilla began scratching to his mother's Spanish records at a young age, following friend (and former student) DJ QBert to a chapter of the Rock Steady Crew in 1992 . A little later they renamed themselves Invisibl Skratch Piklz . Over the years the group has included DJs D-Styles, Mix Master Mike , DJ Flare, A-Trak and Yogafrog.

As a founding member of Piklz , Disk was an influential turntablism DJ and invented the 2 Click Orbit and the 2 Click Flare Lazer Orbit .

In addition to his hip hop work with Piklz and the projects El Stew , Cobra Strike , Ben Wa , Giant Robot 2 and Praxis , Disk also worked in various constellations with bassist and producer Bill Laswell , drummer Bryan Mantia , experimental guitarist Buckethead , Tabla -Player Zakir Hussain , the singers Mike Patton ( Peeping Tom ) and Serj Tankian and the jazz musicians Herbie Hancock and Jack DeJohnette .

For a time he worked as a teacher at the Turntablist Academy .

Discography (selection)

  • 1997: Marsupial's Belly Flop Breaks with Xtrakd (on Scarecrow)
  • 1997: Transmutation Live with practice
  • 1998: Ancient Termites as Phonosychograph Disk
  • 1998: Devil Dub with Ben Wa
  • 1998: The Shiggar Fraggar Show! with Invisibl Skratch Piklz (five-part series of CDs and videos up to 2000)
  • 1999: Live @ Slim's / Turbulence Chest
  • 1999: No hesitation with El Stew
  • 1999: The 13th Scroll with Cobra Strike
  • 2000: 149 Ways to Smash Paul Simon's Face Breaks (on Stray)
  • 2001: Phonosychographdisk Vs. The Filthy Ape: Mooch Moose (on Stray)
  • 2001: Warsaw with practice
  • 2001: Live In San Francisco At Stern Grove with Tabla Beat Science
  • 2002: Live with Charged
  • 2002: Future 2 Future - Live with Herbie Hancock (DVD)
  • 2003: Talamanam Sound Clash with Tabla Beat Science
  • 2003: The Rehearsal with El Stew
  • 2006: Zurich with a practice
  • 2006: Tornado Urine Breaks (on Toolz)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Success is in the eye of the beholder" - DJ Disk in control of his success and destiny. ( Memento from January 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ http://www.bombhiphop.com/newbomb/bombpages/articles/DJ/DJ%20Disk%20-Interview.htm
  3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from September 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of October 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Turntablist Academy ( Memento from March 12, 2005 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

personal data
SURNAME DJ disk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Quintanilla, Luis (real name); PhonosycographDISK (pseudonym); Scarecrow Willy (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American DJ
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco , California , United States